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Raj Mehra had it all: a personal reason to build, a hot new technology, a sector ripe for disruption. Then he put his product in front of real users and watched them fail to use it. So he did the hard thing. He listened. What he learned wasn't just a fix. It was a completely different company. This is the story of Sage Healthcare, and it's also the story of what it takes to break up with your own idea. 0:00 – Intro: the "forbidden love" of founders and their original ideas 1:36 – Meet Raj Mehra, CEO & co-founder of Sage 2:33 – What Sage does today (senior care tech platform) 3:14 – The…
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Problem Solvers
Entrepreneur Media · Business · English
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